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Grow a Lush Shade Garden With Hostas

These leafy perennials are showy, shade tolerant, and a cinch to grow—and new varieties offer a wider-than-ever range of leaf color, size, and texture. Read on to learn how to pick and plant them to create a sensational landscape

Colorful Companions

Here, blue-green hostas work as a subtle foil for the brighter foliage and flowers of a blue mophead hydrangea in the background. Variegated Japanese forest grass in the foreground pairs well with a smaller variegated hostas nearby, as well as a larger green one. The pink clematis vine twining around the bird-feeder pole complements the lavender and white flowers of the blooming hostas that surround it.